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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.vector.keyseries;

/**
 * An abstract adding serialization to key series.
 *
 * A key with no or some nulls has serialized bytes, offset, and length.
 */
public interface VectorKeySeriesSerialized extends VectorKeySeries {

  /**
   * @return the serialized bytes (including optional key tag), start offset of the key in the
   *         bytes, and key byte length.
   */
  byte[] getSerializedBytes();
  int getSerializedStart();
  int getSerializedLength();
}